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Pope warns of new ideologies as he beatifies Romania martyrs
BLAJ, Romania - Pope Francis paid homage Sunday to Catholics who were persecuted, tortured and killed during Romania's communist regime by beatifying seven bishop martyrs on his third and final day in...
Jun 02, 2019
Did 'silencer' make a difference in Virginia Beach carnage?
The shooter who killed 12 people in a government office building in Virginia Beach used a firearm equipped with a suppressor that muffles the sound of gunfire. It's the nightmare scenario that gun-con...
Jun 02, 2019
Virginia Beach shines light on victims, not mass shooter
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The victims of America's latest mass shooting had been dead for less than a day when police and city officials released a detailed presentation with their names, photos, job titl...
Jun 02, 2019
Trump: UK should be ready to leave EU without a deal
LONDON - President Donald Trump has waded into the most controversial issue in British politics by urging the U.K. government to leave the European Union without a deal if it can't get better terms fr...
Jun 02, 2019
Record floods breach Arkansas levee, overtop 2 in Missouri
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Relentless flooding in the central U.S. on Friday inundated communities and damaged or spilled over levees on three major rivers in two states, and authorities discovered the body ...
Jun 02, 2019
Airlines downgrade 2019 forecast amid trade spats, fuel hike
BERLIN - The International Air Transport Association is lowering its forecast for the airline industry this year to $28 billion from $35.5 billion amid rising fuel prices and weakening world trade. Th...
Jun 02, 2019
Huge cruise ship plows into tourist boat, dock in Venice
VENICE, Italy - A towering, out-of-control cruise ship rammed into a dock and a tourist river boat on a busy Venice canal on Sunday morning. Italian media reported that at least five people were injur...
Jun 02, 2019
Huawei pushes ahead with rural internet strategy in Canada despite controversy
VANCOUVER - As wildfires raged near the central British Columbia community of Lac la Hache, emergency officials struggled to transmit life-saving information to residents. Slow and spotty internet mea...
Jun 02, 2019
Leader of German Social Democrats resigns after vote fiasco
BERLIN - The leader of Germany's centre-left Social Democrats, a junior party in Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition, is resigning after an election debacle in the European Parliament vote....
Jun 02, 2019
In the news today, May 31
Four stories in the news for Friday, May 31 --- RAPTORS WIN IN FIRST NBA PLAYOFF GAME OUTSIDE U.S. In a historic victory, the first NBA Finals game to be played outside of the United St...
Jun 02, 2019
